Results 2,521-2,540 of 2,919 for speaker:Séamus Healy

Nursing Home Subventions. (28 Jun 2006)

Séamus Healy: The Minister may stop talking.

Credit Union Act. (28 Jun 2006)

Séamus Healy: I urge the Minister for Finance to introduce a ministerial order to allow credit unions to lend 40% of their loan book over five years and 20% of their loan book over ten years, thereby amending section 35 of the Credit Union Act 1997 which is unfair to credit unions as it stifles the growth of the credit union movement. The credit union movement is a significant community, voluntary and...

Criminal Law (Home Defence) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)

Séamus Healy: I wish to share time with Deputies Breen, Gregory, Finian McGrath and McHugh.

Criminal Law (Home Defence) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)

Séamus Healy: I may have been mistaken. The Green Party and Sinn Féin may also wish to share time.

Criminal Law (Home Defence) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (28 Jun 2006)

Séamus Healy: I welcome the opportunity to say a few words on this Bill. I will now probably have to say a few more than I had expected. The Bill before us arises from circumstances of which we are all aware, high profile cases of recent years and one in particular that happened last year. We can all understand the background to the Bill, but I am not at all sure that it is the right response. I agree with...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (28 Jun 2006)

Séamus Healy: I request the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a specific matter of local and national importance requiring urgent attention, namely, the need for the Government to immediately implement the recommendations of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Communications, Marine and Natural Resources on the prevention of the erection of equipment creating electromagnetic or radio...

Leaders' Questions. (21 Jun 2006)

Séamus Healy: What about the Kenny report?

Leaders' Questions. (21 Jun 2006)

Séamus Healy: Some 60,000 families are receiving rent subsidies.

Leaders' Questions. (21 Jun 2006)

Séamus Healy: Some 60,000 families are receiving rent subsidies.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (21 Jun 2006)

Séamus Healy: I request the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of local and national importance requiring urgent consideration, namely, the need for the Government, including the Minister for Education and Science, to implement the commitment in An Agreed Programme for Government to reduce primary school class sizes and to debate the Minister's recent statement that she does...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (20 Jun 2006)

Séamus Healy: Question 477: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the transfer of an organisation (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the position regarding the expressions of interest by property developers; the timescale for the evaluation of the expressions of interest; the timescale for the appointment of a developer, commencement of the building work and transfer of...

Written Answers — Schools Amalgamation: Schools Amalgamation (20 Jun 2006)

Séamus Healy: Question 478: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the amalgamation of schools (details supplied) in County Tipperary; when she proposes to approve the amalgamation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23592/06]

Site Acquisitions. (14 Jun 2006)

Séamus Healy: Will the Minister for Education and Science immediately earmark a three-acre site on the Tipperary institute campus on the Frank Drohan Road in Clonmel, which has been identified as the preferred option by the Office of Public Works for the gaelscoil site? Parents, teachers and pupils in Gaelscoil Chluain Meala are frustrated with the long delay in identifying a site for a new school. The...

Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (14 Jun 2006)

Séamus Healy: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will immediately grant young peoples facilities and services fund status to Clonmel, as requested by the RAPID organisation, where a significant drug problem has developed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22114/06]

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (14 Jun 2006)

Séamus Healy: In yesterday's debate, I went through some of the key features of the Bill. There will be major changes to the way in which the board handles infrastructural consents, including the possibility of pre-application discussions with the applicant and more flexibility in the decisions the board can make on these applications. This provision is inappropriate to the board as it gives an inside...

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (14 Jun 2006)

Séamus Healy: I wish to share time with Deputy Sargent.

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (13 Jun 2006)

Séamus Healy: I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak on the Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 which purports to amend the planning Acts to introduce a strategic consent process for infrastructure of national importance provided by statutory bodies and private promoters and restructure An Bord Pleanála to establish a strategic infrastructure division to handle all major...

Written Answers — Court Procedures: Court Procedures (8 Jun 2006)

Séamus Healy: Question 171: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who appeared at Tipperary District Court on 3 January 2006 was remanded on bail until 7 February 2006; and if he was remanded on bail the details of that bail. [22183/06]

Garda Deployment. (8 Jun 2006)

Séamus Healy: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will immediately increase Garda numbers in south Tipperary, particularly community and drug unit gardaí in view of the increased crime levels in the area, the increased levels of drug-related crime, the recent drug-related murder, a number of unsolved murders in the Clonmel area and heightened levels of anti-social...

Garda Deployment. (8 Jun 2006)

Séamus Healy: While any increase in Garda numbers is welcome, does the Minister accept that an unacceptable situation has been allowed to develop by him and the Government, as well as the previous Fianna Fáil-Progressive Democrats Administration, in south Tipperary over the past ten years? For example, there has been no increase in the number of gardaí in south Tipperary during the lifespan of this...